U.S. troops destroyed two MC‑130s and four helicopters inside Iran during extraction — ‘this was the oh shit moment.’
The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, U.S. commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn …